Whoever does not carry his own cross<n id="1" /> and follow<n id="2" /> me cannot be my disciple.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he said to them all,<n id="2" /> &#8220;If anyone wants to become my follower,<n id="3" /> he must deny<n id="4" /> himself, take up his cross daily,<n id="5" /> and follow me.

But his citizens<n id="1" /> hated<n id="2" /> him and sent a delegation after him, saying, &#8216;We do not want this man<n id="3" /> to be king<n id="4" /> over us!&#8217;

As<n id="1" /> she stood<n id="2" /> behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She<n id="3" /> wiped them with her hair,<n id="4" /> kissed<n id="5" /> them,<n id="6" /> and anointed<n id="7" /> them with the perfumed oil.

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;No one who puts his<n id="2" /> hand to the plow and looks back<n id="3" /> is fit for the kingdom of God.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

On that day, anyone who is on the roof,<n id="1" /> with his goods in the house, must not come down<n id="2" /> to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

He<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Watch out<n id="2" /> that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, &#8216;I am he,&#8217;<n id="3" /> and, &#8216;The time is near.&#8217; Do not follow them!